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By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Robotics & Machine Learning Daily News Daily News-New research on Robotics is the subjec t of a report.According to news reporting out of Pisa,Italy,by NewsRx editors,research stated,"The number of robot-assisted minimally invasive surgeries is increasing annually,together with the need for dedicated and effective trainin g.Surgeons need to learn how to address the novel control modalities of surgica l instruments and the loss of haptic feedback,which is a common feature of most surgical robots." Financial support for this research came from Intuitive Surgical.Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Scuola Superiore Sa nt'Anna,"Highfidelity physical simulation has proved to be a valid training to ol,and it might help in fulfilling these learning needs.In this regard,a high -fidelity sensorized simulator of vascular structures was designed,fabricated a nd preliminarily validated.The main objective of the simulator is to train novi ces in robotic surgery to correctly perform vascular resection procedures withou t applying excessive strain to tissues.The vessel simulator was integrated with soft strain sensors to quantify and objectively assess manipulation skills and to provide real-time feedback to the trainee during a training session.Addition ally,a portable and user-friendly training task board was produced to replicate anatomical constraints.The simulator was characterized in terms of its mechani cal properties,demonstrating its realism with respect to human tissues."
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